Cyprus News

Cyprus had 3,211 hospital beds in 2024, the highest number recorded in the past decade, according to the latest figures released by Eurostat. The total was up from 3,062 in 2023 and corresponded to 329 ...

The widespread use of prefabricated classrooms in Cyprus’ public schools has become a permanent or semi-permanent solution to overcrowding, the Audit Office said in a special report released on Monday, ...

Two groups of mountaineers representing Cyprus have climbed Armenia’s highest peaks in an expedition aimed at celebrating the close ties between the two countries. Among the climbers, 13-year-old Peresvet ...

A second suspect was arrested on Sunday in connection to a three-week-old case about a 77-year-old woman who had €26,000 in property stolen from her, the police announced on Monday. The ...

Disy vice-president Yiannis Karousos has criticised the government’s latest announcements on public healthcare infrastructure, questioning why no new projects were announced for Famagusta district. In a statement issued on ...

Two young Greek Cypriots, a man and a woman, were detained in the north on Sunday on allegations of entering a restricted military zone and failing to complete the required ...

Police are continuing to investigate threatening messages sent on Saturday targeting the Nicosia Mall and the Cyprus Centre for Middle East Studies (KEMA) in Nicosia. The threats prompted a police ...

The fire service rescued an injured person from a cave in Paralimni on Sunday before responding to two separate fires later in the day, including a large blaze near the ...

Every August, the heart of Limassol fills with the stories of real people from around the world as the Lemesos International Documentary Festival returns. In the first week of August ...

Police arrested 15 people during overnight operations across Cyprus as part of targeted patrols aimed at preventing crime and maintaining public order. According to a police statement, officers carried out organised ...

A fire that broke out late on Sunday night in Avgorou destroyed around 750 hay bales, with the cause of the blaze still unknown. Police said the fire was reported at ...

Police have arrested two men, aged 19 and 20, in connection with the robbery of a bakery in Limassol in the early hours of Friday. According to police, the two suspects were ...

The father of the three-year-old boy who died after falling from the fourth floor of a hotel in the Paphos district on Sunday evening has been remanded for eight days. ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday she sees renewed momentum in efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem and announced that the Commission will appoint a new ...

A seasonal low pressure system continues to affect the island, keeping temperatures well above average as Cyprus begins another hot week. Monday will be mostly sunny, with southwesterly to northwesterly ...

Cyprus’ Scientific and Technical Chamber (Etek) has called for immediate measures to tackle severe labour shortages in the construction sector during a meeting with the labour minister, warning that the ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos will raise the issue of the agreement signed by Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot authorities which foresees the construction of a natural gas pipeline between Turkey ...

The police on Sunday said investigators believe that a fire which broke out in a car park in the Nicosia district village in Yeri may have been started intentionally. According ...

A total of 24 kilograms’ worth of various cannabis-based products were found and intercepted by officers from the customs department and the police in a shipment of packages which arrived at ...

The police on Sunday said they are investigating a hit-and-run incident which occurred in Limassol on Saturday evening. The incident reportedly took place at around 8.45pm, with a 25-year-old man ...

A 41-year-old man has been arrested after attempting to rob a bank as well as stealing registration plates in Larnaca, the police announced on Sunday. The man was arrested on ...

The north’s supreme court’s chief justice Bertan Ozerdag on Sunday renewed his call for a referendum to be held with a view to enacting sweeping reforms to the ...

Justice Minister Costas Firitis on Sunday said that he and the government are aiming for construction of the new central prison to begin by the end of the year. “Our ...

Donald Trump’s suggestion that he is prepared to reconsider Turkey’s return to the F-35 fighter jet programme has reignited debate across the Eastern Mediterranean, raising questions over Washington’...